Let babies cry in night, mums told

BABIES should be left to cry at night – for their own good as well as that of their parents, it is claimed. Doctors say comforting could make them more irritable and their parents more prone to depression.

Published: 00:00, Fri, January 4, 2013

Babies have a tendancy to cry keeping mum awake/posed by model

Psychologists at Philadelphia’s Temple University in the US studied more than 1,200 babies.

Put infants to bed at a regular time and allow them to fall asleep on their own

Professor Marsha Weinraub

Professor Marsha Weinraub wrote in the journal Developmental Psychology: “Put infants to bed at a regular time and allow them to fall asleep on their own.”